City of Long Beach v. Payne

The question involved in this proceeding is whether the county of Los Angeles can legally apply a portion of the money allocated to it from the “Motor Vehicle Fund” to the improvement and repair of certain canals in that certain tract or subdivision known as “Naples” and located within the City of Long Beach in said county of Los Angeles. No question is raised as to the right of said county to expend money allocated to it from the motor vehicle fund in the repair and maintenance of an ordinary street or highway within the corporate limits of a city, but the contention of respondent is that…